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Historians Rebuilding Old Atari Chips
The Atari Museum is reconstructing several of the original company’s proprietary chips – including those from the 2600/VCS, 5200, and the 8-bit personal computer line – using data recovered from the reel-to-reel tapes used in their original manufacture. The Museum’s Curt Vendel says the project has a practical application beyond the living history factor. “What…
By Owen Good Published December 29, 2009 -
Gears Of War Buffs Up Games On Demand
Epic Games‘ huge dude shooter Gears of War has been added to the list of Xbox 360 games available “on demand,” in the unlikely event that you don’t already have the seminal third-person chainsaw and shoot ’em up. The damage is $19.99 USD, more or less in your currency, and takes an impressive 6 GB…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
Meet Lost Planet 2’s Defolma
Defolma may not be a massive boss monster, but with squid-like arms, a mouth on the top of its head, and a penchant for tight spaces, the latest addition to Lost Planet 2‘s akrid population is nothing to scoff at. Oh fine, go ahead and scoff. It’s a squid with a mouth on its head.…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2009 -
Picross 3D Finally Dated! For Europe!
Good news! While the Japanese have been enjoying three-dimensional nonogram bliss for the better part of the year with Rittai Picross, the localized, announced, but not dated Picross 3D has been pegged for a February 2010 release date! In Europe! That’s according to a report on the Nintendo DS follow up to Picross DS from…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
Unreal Tournament 3 Players, Download DM Spectrum Now
The previously featured DM_Spectrum, the lovely looking, brightly color coded mod for Unreal Tournament 3 that lets you make a killing on the dance floor, is now available for download, developer Matt Bradley tells us today. Now we’re telling you. In the unfortunate case that you missed the original post on DM_Spectrum, Bradley describes the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: GOOD BYE AMERICA You’re leaving the U.S. just as I’m returning. Can’t ever have two Brians on the same continent or who knows what will happen? I had planned on wrapping up my three weeks of vacation spent in Australia in this note to you, but I’m dealing with the…
By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2009 -
EA Sports MMA Adds Two More Fighters Big In Japan
The EA Sports MMA roster has grown by two, officially, as of today. Electronic Arts announced a press conference in Tokyo earlier today that Hidehiko Yoshida and Shinya Aoki will virtually beat the shit out of each other in 2010. If the names Yoshida and Aoki aren’t what you’d consider household names, the former is…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
9 Reasons to Own 9
1) Cuteness. 2) You can’t get to MoMA. 3) Crispin Glover needs a royalty check. 4) 9 new friends on demand. 5) You are “budding techno and fantasy geeks [who] are likely to be intrigued and enthralled” (thanks, NYT). 6) It releases today on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download, so you will be first to…
By Chrissie Lamond Published December 29, 2009 -
Listen to Zelda Reorchestrated
Russ Frushtick at MTV Multiplayer was following the progress of a musical group that wanted to remake the music in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with a real orchestra. Today, he reports, they’ve finally finished their work. The Zelda Reorchestrated project (a.k.a. ZREO) first got started six years ago when a 14-year-old had…
By AJ Glasser Published December 29, 2009 -
CES 2010: A Special Programming Note
You may think that we’ve entered the annual Slow News Day season, but you’d be wrong. Because next week, CES 2010 convenes in lovely Las Vegas, Nevada and Kotaku will be there, pounding the carpet and gawking at fancy electronics. And expect twice the coverage of next year’s show, as we’ll be double teaming the…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
Paradox Interactive’s Holiday Greeting Is Certainly Majestic
Paradox Interactive, the developers behind Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, tend to do things on a more epic scale. For instance, their holiday card came with its own dragon. I wasn’t expecting any packages today, so Paradox Interactive‘s holiday greeting took me by surprise. In fact, at first I didn’t even see the card,…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2009 -
Finally, Slime Curling Comes To Dragon Quest
Someone at Square Enix must have been hit hard by an early infection of (Winter) Olympic Fever, as clearly evidence by the addition of Slime Curling mini-gaming to the Dragon Quest VI remake for the Nintendo DS. Yes, Dragon Quest VI is now on every winter sports enthusiast’s radar, also adding what appears to be…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
Rock Band Guitar Cited As Instrument Of Domestic Violence
The daughter of 43-year-old Blackstreet singer Teddy Riley has been granted a temporary restraining order against her dad after he allegedly abused his two daughters with a Rock Band guitar. See, Rock Band is all about bringing people together, not tearing families apart. According to documents filed in LA County Superior Court and reported by…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2009 -
Painkiller Developers Predicting A Bulletstorm
People Can Fly, most famous for its work on the Painkiller franchise, is working on an all-new intellectual property with Epic Games, a game that may be known as Bulletstorm when ultimately revealed. Or so a newly filed trademark implies. The Warsaw-based developer filed that trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week,…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
Tuper Tario Tros. Puts A Little Tetris In Your Mushroom Kingdom
A mash-up of Super Mario Bros. and Tetris should—or at least could—be the best video game of all time, given how strong each title is independently. But is that marriage of gameplay styles enjoyable in practice? It certainly doesn’t make for a good name, but Tuper Tario Tros.—seriously!—at least makes for an interesting concept. The…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
A Real Mario Is A Terrifying Mario
A man calls the plumbing company to complain about the two plumbers sent to fix his pipes, who instead go on a relatively subdued drug-fueled rampage in this College Humor video. It’s really not all that funny. I’d say slightly disturbing is more like it. Mario and Luigi are portrayed as the drug-crazed maniacs they’d…
By Mike Fahey Published December 29, 2009 -
Borderlands’ Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot Now Open For Business
The second expansion for Gearbox Software’s Borderlands is now accepting contestants and Microsoft Points. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is now available for the Xbox 360 version of the game, giving Borderlands loot hounds new areas in which to grind. What does one get for the 800 Microsoft Points investment? The all-new Riot Mode challenges, offering…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2009 -
War Never Looked So Shiny
We’ve established that the upcoming Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade has things in common with the old PC game, Army Men. Mostly the part where you’re playing with plastic soldiers. But were Army Men ever this shiny? These gameplay trailers give you a good look at just how glossy the plastic soldiers are on…
By AJ Glasser Published December 29, 2009